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‘We are equipped with antitoxin and a vaccine to prevent the disease, yet tetanus continues to be a major public health problem throughout much of the developing world.’

‘A variety of treatments, from vitamins to alpha and beta adrenergic receptor blockers, have been suggested for tetanus.’

‘Farm animals are guarded against anthrax, tetanus, and other disease by antibiotics or vaccines developed by animal based research.’

‘Processed plasma is also used to help produce stronger antibodies against diseases like tetanus, hepatitis, chickenpox and rabies.’

‘In the UK, it is possible to catch the disease tetanus from a bite such as a dog bite, although this is now very rare.’

‘So I dutifully checked my vaccinations were up-to-date - typhoid, tetanus, hepatitis A and all the rest - and resigned myself to six weeks of malaria tablets.’

‘Her patients ranged from the poorest of the poor to the wife and daughter of a Maharaja, and she dealt with cases of tetanus, rabies, malaria, and cholera, as well as more routine medicine and surgery.’

‘Typical immunisations for a traveller will include a booster for polio and tetanus, and immunisation against hepatitis A and typhoid.’

‘If you haven't been vaccinated at all against tetanus and diphtheria then you do need a primary course of three doses and then followed up with two booster doses ten years apart.’

‘As part of the preparation, everybody on the recovery team was vaccinated against diseases, such as hepatitis B and tetanus.’

‘For nearly 50 years Australian babies have been routinely vaccinated against diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus.’

‘From October babies in the UK will be given a five-in-one vaccine to protect them against polio, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough and Hib, a virus which can lead to meningitis.’

2Physiology The prolonged contraction of a muscle caused by rapidly repeated stimuli.

‘The onset kinetics of this slow signal were slightly modified in nominally calcium-free medium, as were both the frequency and number of pulses during tetanus.’

‘At 50 shocks per second, the muscle goes into the smooth, sustained contraction of tetanus.’

‘As we normally use our muscles, the individual fibers go into tetanus for brief periods rather than simply undergoing single twitches.’